Differences in Sensitivity to Cold in Japanese Men and Postmenopausal Women Aged ≥50 Years

Gender Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-366

  Yasui, Toshiyuki ^a   Uemura, Hirokazu ^a   Irahara, Minoru ^a   Arai, Makoto ^b   Kojimahara, Noriko ^c   Okabe, Ryugo ^d   Yasutomo, Ishii ^e   Tashiro, Shin ichi ^f   Sato, Hiroshi ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Miwa Clinic   (Japan)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Shinjuku NS Building   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; gender; sensitivity to cold

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COLD; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 38349048145     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(07)80065-9     Document Type: Article

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